Drapery hanger



Nov. 23 1926. 1,607,599

G. u. ANGEVINE DRAPERY HANGER Filed August 6, 1924 Patented Nov. 233, 192%.

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GLENN U. ANGEVINE, GF CHICAGG, ILLINOS, ASSGNOR Tft-E G. ANGEVINE C0., OF CHCAGO, ILLINOIS, A CEPGBATN OF ILLINOS.

nnArnnY HANGER.

Application led August 6, 1924.

This invention relates generally to drapery hangers and in particular to improvements in a drapery hanger of the type disclosed in my prior Patent No. 1,451,754.

l Heretofore, drapery hangers have been provided as unitary structures of both the single and duplex types. Especially, those hangers of the duplex type, which are adapted for securing draperies to both sides thereof, are accompanied by many disadvantages in use. A drapery hanger is usually provided with one o1' more side strips, to which the drapery may be seWed through holes in the strips. In the duplex type the forms heretofore provided make the sewing an inconvenient operation. Besides this disadvantage, it is usually necessary to remove the supporting rod in order to put up or take down the drapery and thereafter if the drapery is to be cleaned, it is necessary to cut the stitches whichy attach the drapery to the hanger. The present invention aims to overcome all these difficulties and to provide a hanger having many other advantages.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a hanger Which is composed of sevoral sections, the side strips of the hanger to which the draperies are to be attached being removable from the main supporting sec- 30 tion, so-that the drapery may be sevved to the separate strips before the strips are assembled with the supporting section.

Another object is to provide a hanger with substantially flat detachable strips so that the same may be left attached to the draperywvithout danger of injury thereto in the cleaning operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hanger of such a construction that it is not necessary to remove the supporting pole in order to remove the drapery.

Still another object is to provide the removable side strips With a suitable latch which, in the assembled condition of the hanger, makes it a substantially rigid unitary structure.

Still another object is to provide hangers which in unassembled condition may be compactly arranged in a relatively small space for shipping or storage purposes.

Other and ancillary objects and advantages ivill be apparent from the description hereinafter given of an exemplary embodiment of my invention, as shown in the accompanying drawings in Which- Serial No. 730,356.

Figure 1 represents a duplex hanger in theassembled position placed on a supporting rod.

Fig. 2 represents the hanger of Fig. 1in the unassembled position showing the tvvo faces of the strips.

Fig. 3 represents the longitudinal section along the line 3 3 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 4 represents a sectionalong the line of 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 8 represents a bridge member substantially l.J-shaped having the side arms 9 and 10, between which a suitable roller 11 is mounted. The roller comprises a cylinder which has been concaved in part to conform to the shape of a supporting rod 12, thereby insuring centering of the hanger on the rod. rlhe roller is axially socketed at each end as shown at 18, a bearingrpin 14 being driven home in each socket. According to the dimensions of the hanger a suitable spacing member 15 is provided at the end of the roller in any suitable manner. rlhe pins 14 bear in the side arms 9 and 10 of the U member 8, said arms being provided With an inset portion 16 Which abuts the spacing member 15. The side arms 9 and 1() are so constructed With relation to the strips Which carry the drapery that the strips may be removably mounted thereon. In the formation of the inset portion 15 the connecting parts 17 and 18 are made transverse thereto and substantially parallel to the of the roller. This structure together with the top of the bridge'S constitutes the sides 9 and 10 thereof as S- shaped members most clearly shown at the left hand side of Fig. 2. Opposing grooves are formed in the edges of each S-portion, each groove being continuous and cutting through the parallel parts 8, 17 and 18 at 19, 20 and 21, respectively.

Removable strips are adapted to clinch into the alcovey described grooves and are provided with a suitable structure for that purpose. In the present instance the parts are brought into the clinching relation by a sliding action of the strips into the groove. In Fig. 2, the side strip 22 at the left is shown presenting its inside face of which the area Q8 abuts the Varm 9. Hook shaped flanges 24 are formedat the sides of the area 23. rEhe hook portions engage in the grooves formed'at 19, 2O and 21 on each side of the S-portion.t The structure so tar describedL permits the sliding of the hook -flanges into the grooves. Suitable means are provided to limit the sliding action and to retain the strip in a ixed relation to the bridge 1nember. The sliding is limited by the provision ot an abutting shoulder 26 formed just above the area i3 in the strip 22, the shoulder meeting with the bridge portion 8. ln addition a suitable lock or catch may be provided to prevent accidental separation ot the members. its indicated in the drawings a spring member 2T is secured to the strips 22 by an eyelet 23. A beveled V portion 29 projects through hole 30 in the strip at such a position that it latches against the end 31 of the side arms 9 or 10. Besides the eyelets 28 other holes as 32 and 33 are provided in the strips for sewing the eurt ain or drapery thereto.

in use it is necessary to tirst sew the several strips to the drapery. The tact that each strip is detachable permits of the drapery being sewed to each one without interference from the opposite strip. And turthermore, because ot the substantially fiat form in which each strip is constructed the sewing to the individual strip is relatively easy and Convenient when compared to the older types. in placing the curtain hangers upon the supporting rod l2, the latter need not be removed. rlhe roller 11 is first posi tioned on the rod and the several strips with the drapery attached are slid into position where they become automatically locked by the catch 2'?. ln removing the draperies the process is reversed, it being, ot course, necessary to move the catch 27 tor releasing the strips. It the draperies are to be Cleaned the flat form et the strips permits that they be left on the curtains if desired without danger ot injury to either, and without the otherwise necessary labor of removing the curtain :trom a unitary hanger and again sewing it thereto when replaced. Aside from the utilitarian standpoint a commercial advantage obtains when a large number are to be shipped, since in the unassembled condition they may be readily packed as parts in a much smaller space than would be required 'for the saine number oi' the older unitary devices.

In the foregoing description, it is to be understood that the specilic and detailed structure which has been set forth in no way limits the invention to the exemplary embodiment thereof. To those skilled in the art many equivalent structures may be used falling within the contemplation of the invention. It is the object in the appended claims to set forth the invention in its broadest scope limited only by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

l. A drapery hanger comprising, in comnation, a 'il-shaped member having a 'idge section and side arms, means carried a f said U to support said member on a lon- 'itidinal support, an inset portion in one id.

e lein a substantially S-shaped section, the having opposing grooves cut transversely the length thereof and parallel to the tace the side arm, a side strip-adapted to abut `aid tace oit the said arm, hooked tlanges on the side strip, the hooks ot the flanges ng adapted to slide into the grooves, and means to limit the sliding movement.

fr drapery hanger comprising, in combination, a ltl-snaped supporting n'iember, a roller ried thereby for rolling the hanger .long inally along the support, an inset portion in one side arm the U, one end ot' said roller bearing in said inset portion, al side strip adapted to abut the 'tace ot said side arm, said si 'le arm having opposing grooves cut therein across the inset portion and th bridge section ot the il, hooked flanges on said side strip, the hooks et the iiangcs being adapted to slide into the grooves, and means to limit the sliding movement.

3. ii drapery hanger comprising', in eom bination, Ushaped supporing member termed from a single strip et material, said strip being bent to form a bridge portion and side arms constituting the U, each side arm having therein a portion set inwardly from the tace et the lo', a roller bearing in said inset portions, side strips adapted tor carryl ej draperies, each side strip being substant illy fiat and arranged to abut the side tace of each U side arm, and cooperating n'ians on each side arm and each strip to mount said parts in said relation.

ll. fr drapery hanger comprising, in combination, a U-shaped supporting member formed trom a single strip of material, said strip being bent to terni a bridge portion and sine arms constituting the U, each side arm having therein a portion set inwardly parallel with the 'lace of the the connecting material. ot the strip being substantially rectangularly -tra svcrse thereto, a roller bearing in said inset portion it'or moving the hanger longitudinally along a support, side strips adapted tor carrying draperies, each side strip being substantially tiat and arranged to labut the side 'tace ot each U side arm, mounting means disposed between each strip and side arm comprising ilange. and grooves, whereby the st il is slid into fixed position, and a shoulder in the strip to limit the sliding motion, said shoulder abutting the bridge section et the U.

in testimony whereof, l have hereunto ai:- iixed my signature.

GLEN l U. A

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